Umaiya @ Damansara Utama

For those who stay or work in Damansara Utama might aware of this japanese restaurant which located in the centre of busy area where it is surrounded by banks and shop lots. In the restaurant, you can find cushion seats are on the floor with low-height tables where you would normally see them in Japanese and Korean restaurant. With the ambience and the design of this restaurant, you might feel as if you're stepping into a traditional Japanese restaurant.

I am fond of japanese food as mostly, their food are rather not too oily and is mostly served with miso soup. Though me and bran passed by this restaurant almost every other week, but we never step our foot into this restaurant. So, we decided to pay a visit to this restaurant without having to travel all the way to downtown KL and to avoid the 'Friday traffic jam pack'.

California Roll for RM1 per set ordered

Promotion, though the sushi roll doesn't taste extraordinary delicious i would say..Since it's cheap, we don't mind to have something extra!

Sizzling Seafood Set (RM32)

A recommended dish by the waitress. What's special in this set is the sizzling mix of seafood with fish, ebi prawns, squids and calamari. The sauce has a heavy taste of japanese egg mayonaise sauce with spicy sauce (hint of wasabi in the mixture)..It is a very flavourful dish and it goes best with the japanese rice too..The set also comes with a side salad, miso soup, dried prawns in sweet soy sauce and fruits..

Tempura Udon Set (RM26)

I've ordered this as I wanted to have a soup noodle dish..The Udon has lots of vegetables in it with a mix of different mushrooms. The tempura deeply fried has the skin coated with a crispy batter on it..goes perfect when it was dipped in the tempura light soy sauce.


Kani Unatama Maki (RM14)

Sushi roll wrapped with grilled eel (unagi), soft shell crab and egg roll, topped with mayonaise and wasabi sauce..I would recommend this sushi roll as the soft shell crabs are served hot and the taste of unagi and the crab goes well in combination..

To visit the restaurant again? Maybe yes, if I happened to drop by Damansara Utama. This is because I would prefer to continue my search for a better Japanese restaurant..I would comment that the dishes offered in this restaurant have limited dishes on their menu. If the restaurant could offer more varieties, that would probably attract more customers to drop in. For the price? With the ambience and service provided in this restaurant, it is an average for the price paid.

Address: 49G, Jalan ss21/37, Damansara Utama, 47400. PJ.

Tel: 03-77264410

Website: www.umai-ya.com